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刘欣英文演讲大赛冠军作品《镜子和我》

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发表于 2019-6-7 11:01:26 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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前几日,现任中国国际电视台主持人的刘欣和美国福克斯商业电视台主持人Trish 关于中美贸易的电视辩论吸引了大家目光,大家无比赞叹刘欣的英语实力。

1996年,刘欣在大学时期,就曾赴伦敦参加世界英语联合会组织的演讲赛,以《镜子和我》摘得当年冠军。刘欣现如今的英语实力跟多年的刻苦训练是分不开的,正所谓"冰冻三尺非一日之寒"(The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.)

影视英语角上线: 跟着跟刘欣学英语合集  以及: 跟着刘欣学做主持 系列合集,希望刘欣的童鞋好好跟上她的节奏吧!

今天我找来了当年刘欣演讲比赛的视频,以及中英文文稿,供大家参考学习!


Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I think this is a perfect setting for my speech today, because we have a mirror right here. And this is the topic, the mirror and I.

I like to look into the mirror. When I was a little girl, I often stood on my toes, trying to find my face in the mirror of the dressing table, which was nearly as high as I was. Now I still like to look into the mirror. When I looked at it, I found the face of a young woman, glowing with maturity, confident in her future and still fascinated with her own reflection.

The fact I like to look into the mirror has to do with my granny, with whom I spent most of my childhood. I remember clearly that one night, I heard her murmuring women can’t be seen. Women can’t be seen. I was so confused as I looked into the mirror the next morning to check if I could indeed see myself. Only now as a young woman myself can I understand it was not physical visibility that granny had in her mind.

Granny spent all her life taking care of the family, day-in and day-out. She cooked for her husband and ten children, but we never guess she and other female family members had to eat by the stove in the small kitchen. At family discussions, she was never asked for her opinion. When grandpa passed away, she had to listen to my uncle, her elder son, who became master of the house. Though years of toil, she fulfilled her duty as daughter, wife, and mother, yet as a person, she remained little noticed. If she had seen herself in the mirror of the dressing table, she was never visible in the mirror of society.

I have been living a different life. At home, I made decisions together with the rest of the family; in school, I take charge of various activities, the same as other boys and girls. Not only that, I can see something that granny could not have dreamed of, making decisions for my own future. I could choose from several competitive universities as I came out of high school. At university, I could choose from a range of subject, changing from English literature to business law. And upon graduation, I’m again faced with series of decisions, to further my study or to go to work; to stay in China or to go abroad; to get married right away, or to remain single for a bit longer. It does not matter whether or not I will become famous or rich. But I will treasure the chance to demonstrate my potentials into help other women demonstrate theirs as full member of the society, fully visible in the mirror of history. I will treasure it because the abundance of my choice that I enjoy can only after decades of efforts made by my granny, my mom, and millions of other Chinese women.

However, the choice to be made by me and the others of my generation is a great challenge. The misconception that men are superior to women is still dominating many people’s mind. While remaining courage to compete until certain themselves, we are expected to be quiet, loyal and obedient. This is not very different from what is expected of us as good wife and good mothers. The story of my grandmother and myself, mirrors the lives of millions of other women in China and perhaps in the world. Many of them still live the life of my grandmother, their worth is not yet recognized. It is then the responsibility of a young woman like me to study hard and work hard, so the two will see themselves, and we’ll be seen in the mirror of the society.

This is my dream. This dream I believe is not only shared by many of our grandmothers, mothers and sisters, but also by many of our fathers, brothers, husbands and male colleagues. It will not come true until everyone fully realizes that women can contribute to the society and should be guaranteed the right to. Women hold half the sky. Thank you.

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我喜爱照镜子。记得很小的时候,我常常踮着脚尖在跟我差不多高的梳妆台前,想要看到镜子里自己的小脸。现在,我依然喜爱照镜子,只不过那张旧梳妆台已变得太矮了。弯下腰去照镜子时,我看到的已是一个年轻、散发着成熟光彩的姑娘,一个对未来充满自信的姑娘,一个对镜中的身影依然那般着迷的姑娘。

爱照镜子的这个癖好始于我和奶奶共同度过的童年时光。我清楚地记得一天夜里,听见奶奶低声自语:女人啊,别人怎么就看不见你,怎么就看不见你呢?我对此感到十分困惑,第二天一早就跑到镜子面前要检验一下是否镜子照得见自己。直到现在长大成人后我才明白,奶奶所看不见的并不是镜子里的形象。

奶奶为了照顾一大家人,起早贪黑,忙碌操持了一辈子。她每天为丈夫和十个子女生火做饭,每到家里来了客人,她却只能和家中所有女性成员一起挤在狭小的厨房里的灶前吃饭。家里讨论家事,奶奶从没有过问的权利。爷爷去世之后,她只得听从新的一家之主──我的大伯,也就是她的长子。经历了一生的艰辛,奶奶尽到了作为女儿、妻子和母亲的全部责任,但作为一个人,她却很少被别人关注过。尽管她能够在梳妆台的镜子中看到自己的模样,在家庭和社会中她却总是一个隐形人。

我过的是与奶奶截然不同的生活。在家里,我与家人一同商定家庭事务。在学校里,我和其他同学一样经常组织各种活动。不仅如此,我做了奶奶做梦也想不到的事情:为自己的未来做出选择。我的生活就是一连串自我抉择的结果。高中毕业时,我可以从众多大学中挑选一所。在大学里,我可以从一系列专业中挑选自己最喜爱的专业──从英国文学到商法。现在毕业将至,我又一次面对选择:或继续深造,或开始工作;或留在国内,或走出国门;或很快成家,或暂时单身。

不论成名富有还是默默无闻,我都会珍惜发挥自己潜质的机会。不仅如此,我更要帮助其他妇女珍惜发挥才智的机会,因为她们也是社会的全权成员。我十分珍惜这一点,因为我所享有的广阔的选择余地是我的奶奶、我的妈妈,乃至千千万万个中国妇女几十年艰苦奋斗的结果。

然而,我和我们这一代人将要做出的并非是轻而易举的选择。重男轻女的偏见仍然主导着许多人的思想。当男人被鼓励着去竞争,去为自己的权力奋斗时,却要我们女人保持沉默,坚守贞操,一味服从。这与只要我们当个贤妻良母又有什么不同?我们所面临的挑战正激励我们为更高的个人素质和更强的自立能力而奋斗。

我奶奶和我的故事折射出千百万中国乃至全世界妇女的生活。她们中仍有不少人正走着我奶奶曾经走过的道路,她们的价值还没有被认识到。努力工作,不懈奋斗,让世界的妇女都在镜子中看到自己,得到别人的承认,这正是每一个像我这样的青年所肩负的使命。

这是我的梦想。我相信,这个梦想不仅曾是我们的奶奶、母亲和姐妹们所有过的,也是我们的父亲、兄弟、丈夫和男同事们所拥有的梦想。妇女能够为社会做出贡献。她们的这种权利应该得到保障。当每一个人都充分认识到这一点时,我的梦想就会实现。妇女撑起半边天。

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发表于 2019-6-7 11:05:49 | 显示全部楼层
无论是刘欣与Trish的聊天,还是她的演讲,归根结底到任正非的一句话:必须要让自己强大。落实到平凡的我们——自己有才是真的有。比如,自己有这样熟练的英语程度,自己有落落大方的台风,自己有自己的理想并为之努力...
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发表于 2019-6-7 11:08:35 | 显示全部楼层
口语真的棒!再就是演讲内容很能引发共鸣,虽然我是男的。(听说亚军是个英国人?),在油管上面发现有人嗖刘欣的国籍,我真的不理解这些人的mind是怎么想的,anyway你要是能明白人家speech的精髓,你就不会说这样的话,还是好好学习天天向上吧。我相信follow侃哥的都是要学习英语的人,做好当前再说其它的!
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发表于 2019-6-7 11:13:27 | 显示全部楼层
本帖最后由 murmur 于 2019-6-7 11:18 编辑

刘欣受到Duke of Edinburgh接见

刘欣受到Duke of Edinburgh接见


搜到了刘欣在连续主持了五届CCTV全国英语演讲大赛之后,回顾1996年世界级演讲大赛的分享的宝贵文字:

1996年我不仅获得了全国大学生英语演讲比赛的冠军,还打败了以英语为母语的选手,获得了当年世界英语演讲比赛的冠军。

这个问题已经成了历史上的一个谜点。我获得全国大学生演讲比赛的冠军有很多争议;据说(其实消息来源相当可靠,因为第二天的一份英文报纸上白纸黑字写着呢),身为评委的当时的英国大使夫人就很看重来自北大的一位女选手,认为如果只有一个人能代表中国去伦敦参加世界英语演讲比赛,那么机会将属于她,而不是我这个当天比赛最高分的获得者。原因是她似乎有更高的文学修养和底蕴,更能引起古典文学爱好者的共鸣。而我相比较之下代表了一种更流行甚至有些肤浅的文化,就像美国的好莱坞相对于英国的学院派。

但是在经历了一个比较沉闷的上午之后,我的直白与幽默加上我相当成功的演讲,唤醒了评委和观众们的兴奋点,让他们看到了他们一直期待看到的希望。再加上我是下午的第一个选手,先入为主,冠军自然落到了我的头上。

好在去英国比赛的名额有四个,否则我说不定真的去不了,历史说不定也会被改写——因为我不仅去了,而且得了冠军,虽然这一次同样不无争议。哈哈,多么具有戏剧性!我通过了预赛打入决赛,最后像一匹黑马,出人意料地得到了评委选出的冠军头衔,而观众投票的结果是一位澳大利亚的女选手。原因?观众喜欢她超过了喜欢我,因为她确实表现比我好,是一个非常有潜力的演讲者和辩手,以至于评委预测她可以成为一个善辩的国会议员。

可是我还是获得了三位评委们的垂青,他们给出的获奖原因之一是“she caught our attention the moment she stepped onto the stage”。而我清楚地记得我上台说的第一句话是“I think it’s a perfectstage for my speech today because there is a mirror right behind me and the topic of my speech is – The Mirror and I”!

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发表于 2019-6-11 10:24:02 | 显示全部楼层
谁是站在中国人学英语顶端的人:刘欣当之无愧算一个!目前正在朝高级进阶的童鞋:听完刘欣一出演讲,比你看一季美剧都要强!看看她的词汇量,言谈举止,别说比大多数国人,相对大多数Native speakers都是胜之无愧!
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